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About Jan Nugara

I have spent over 40 years at executive and board level, in large corporate organisations and smaller ones. Since October 2024 I have worked as a fractional executive and business consultant, giving businesses senior support without the cost of a full-time hire.

My experience covers strategic and operational leadership, governance and board reporting, financial management and budgeting, HR and people strategy, compliance and risk, and organisational scale-up.

Calm study with books and soft daylight

Forty years of experience

Nov 2025 to now

Chief Operating Officer, Voyant Innovations Limited

Finance, HR, payroll, pensions and compliance for a security-cleared defence and security analytics business.

Oct 2024 to now

Fractional Executive and Business Consultant

Senior operations, finance and HR support for businesses on a flexible basis.

2022 to 2026

Head of Strategic Operations, RUEDI National Facility

University of Liverpool. Operations for a proposed £125m national facility.

2019 to 2022

Head of Strategy, CEIDR

University of Liverpool.

2017 to 2019

Head of Operations, Institute of Translational Medicine

University of Liverpool, with an annual budget of around £40m.

2002 to 2017

University of Liverpool

Earlier roles at the University of Liverpool.

1985 to 2001

British Airways and Penguin Books

British Airways from 1987 to 2001, after Penguin Books, part of Pearson.

Qualifications and memberships

MAAT

Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians.

AAT Levels 2 to 4

Association of Accounting Technicians qualifications.

CIMA Certificate

Certificate in Management Accounting.

Leadership training

Heilbron Leadership Programme, with coaching and process-improvement training.

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If your business could use senior support on a flexible basis, I would be glad to hear from you.

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